On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Catalin BOIE wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Linux Lists wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi, there,
> >
> > I have a system with RedHat 5.0 (Hurricane), kernel 2.0.33 and pppd 2.3.3,
> > which dials out to an NT box running RAS. It just keeps dialing and
> > hanging up. After around three rounds, I start getting the following msgs:
> >
> > Nov 17 17:23:36 crowdy pppd[10647]: Serial connection established.
> > Nov 17 17:23:37 crowdy pppd[10647]: Using interface ppp0
> > Nov 17 17:23:37 crowdy pppd[10647]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyC0
> > Nov 17 17:23:37 crowdy pppd[10647]: Remote message:
> > Nov 17 17:23:37 crowdy modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-21
> > Nov 17 17:24:22 crowdy pppd[10647]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
> > Nov 17 17:24:22 crowdy pppd[10647]: ioctl(PPPIOCSASYNCMAP): Input/output
> > error(5)
> > Nov 17 17:24:23 crowdy pppd[10647]: Exit.
>
> I have a pool of modems on a Cyclom board, Linux 2.0.35, ppp 2.3.5, SMP.
> When my clients that auth with PAP log in I got that message on the logs,
> and they cannot login. The others clients managed to enter!
Hmmm, interesting ... I'll test char auth here to see if it works even
after the system reaches the weird state.
> The problem was with the ppp. It try to lookup the last "*" character from
> papsecret file. I modified the PPP and the problem was gone!
>
> The PPP was tryng to lookup the "*" but my line to my provider was down,
> and the named was restarted. What a stupid coincidence!
Could you please explain this better ?? I didn't understand ...
How did you fix ?? By replacing the pppd software ?? By changing the
pap-secrets file ??
Now, new data for ya: I noticed after tons of tests that once the problem
happens, a '(modprobe <zombie>)' process shows up. Then, just by guess
(this zombie process reminded me of kerneld problems from the past), I
disabled module autoloading capabilities from the kernel and
recompiled/re-linked/re-installed it. Then I rebooted the system and
loaded the necessary modules manually.
Result: the system ran overnight with the _same_ tests without a hitch,
i.e., no problems at all !!
Any hints ?? The modutils I'm using is 2.1.55, and it's my first suspect,
but I'd like to hear from you before I upgrade it.
Regards,
Ivan Passos
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